The afternoon sun is particularly scorching, and although it is already early autumn, Kyoshi still looks extremely hot, but it is slightly cooler in the morning and evening. Zhu Youzhen had lunch and was ready to rest for a while, and then go out after avoiding the scorching heat of the noon.

"Your Highness, someone from the military department is here, Lord Shangshu Li invites His Royal Highness to go to the military department for a while."

Xu Yingyuan's voice surprised Zhu Youzhen, he and Li Chunye have no friendship! Although he was named General Wuluo and the commander of the Fenwu Battalion last time was his recommendation to the imperial brother, he was worried about being impeached by Yanguan, so he did not visit him.

What can he do with himself?

If it is because of the extermination of the Japanese in Shandong, what reward does the emperor want to give himself, it should also be the eunuch to announce the decree, what is the matter with him Li Chunye?

Think about it, Li Chunye is looking for himself, it doesn't seem to be a business matter, just let himself go for a while, it is likely that he is talking about private matters, is it possible to ask for his own opinion on the reward of the Fenwu Battalion first? It seems that there is no need for the military department to discuss this matter with itself!

"Ying Yuan, what did the person say?"

"Your Highness, the person who came only said that Lord Li invited His Highness to go to the military headquarters for a while, but he didn't know what it was." Xu Yingyuan bowed down and replied, the person who came didn't say it clearly, and he didn't have a problem.

Since you can't figure it out, you don't want to, so as not to hurt brain cells in vain.

In the main hall of the military department, there were only three people, except for Li Chunye, the other two Zhu Youzhen didn't know each other.

"Master Li, haha, these two are ......"

"I've seen His Royal Highness King Xin." The three of them saluted Zhu Youzhen together.

"This is Zhao Yan, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, and this is Yan Mingtai, the left attendant of the Ministry of War." Li Chunye introduced Zhu Youzhen.

"Haha, they are all important ministers of the military department. I don't know what Lord Li is looking for this king? Although there are not many people, they are all heavyweights, and Zhu Youzhen feels that the atmosphere is a bit heavy.

"On such a hot day, it really shouldn't be for His Royal Highness King Xin to run away." Li Chunye apologized again, he did not directly answer Zhu Youzhen's question, but made a detour: "However, the military report sent back by the Fenwu Battalion is too concise, and the old minister really wants to know the detailed battle situation." ”

"What do you mean?" Zhu Youzhen didn't know that Li Chunye had doubts about his record.

"Your Royal Highness, with all due respect to the old minister, back then, Qi Shao was peaceful and used soldiers like a god, but he was well prepared, and almost all the soldiers under his command were good at dealing with the Japanese invaders. Even so, on the battlefield, the soldiers suffered casualties. Today, the Fenwu Battalion is unprepared to annihilate the Japanese with very few casualties, and I hope that His Royal Highness can solve the doubts of the old minister, and the old minister will also promote the battle example of the Fenwu Battalion to the whole army. Li Chunye already believed that Qin Yongnian and Zhu Youzhen did not exaggerate their military exploits, and he sincerely wanted to understand the reason for the victory of the Fenwu Battalion, whether this success came from Qin Yongnian or Zhu Youzhen.

"Does Lord Shangshu doubt the battle report of the Fenwu Battalion?" Li Chunye came to question himself when the emperor had not yet decided what reward to give to the Fenwu Battalion, and Zhu Youzhen felt that Li Chunye might doubt the authenticity of the battle report, that is, he, Zhu Youzhen and Qin Yongnian, were risking their merits.

But people didn't say it directly, and Zhu Youzhen was inconvenient, so he used direct questions to force Li Chunye to express his position.

"Your Highness has misunderstood." Li Chunye stood up and saluted Zhu Youzhen again, "If the old minister doubts the authenticity of the military report, he will definitely send someone to secretly investigate, instead of directly asking His Highness." Moreover, Shandong is not far from the Beijing Division, and Jinyiwei will also check the military report in his own way. Lao Chen was just thinking, Shandong's hundreds of thousands of troops could not exterminate the Japanese invaders, and the Fenwu Battalion only had 6,000 soldiers, but it was able to defeat the Japanese invaders, where is the difference? Li Chunye didn't wait for Zhu Youzhen to answer, and sat down on his seat again, "Your Highness, the soldiers of Liaodong are in a bitter battle, and they are still in a disadvantageous situation, if Your Highness can promote the tactics of the Fenwu Battalion to Liaodong, then the situation in Liaodong will definitely be greatly improved." The old minister was in charge of the military department, and he was worried about the war in Liaodong, so he did not avoid suspicion and met with His Highness privately. I hope that His Royal Highness will not doubt that the old minister is a heart for the country. ”

"Oh." Zhu Youzhen replied lightly, Li Chunye's words, both in terms of cause and effect, were reasonable. Zhu Youzhen thought that he had the grace of recommending him, and the resentment in his heart had already dissipated. "Lord Li, the Fenwu battalion has 6,000 soldiers to deal with the 2,000 Japanese invaders, and this small victory is not enough to spread to the whole army. Moreover, the victory of the Fenwu battalion is only an individual case, and I am afraid that the conditions are insufficient to promote it to the whole army. ”

"What does Your Highness mean?" Since discovering that the military report of the Fenwu Battalion has no moisture, Li Chunye is even more optimistic about Zhu Youzhen, although Qin Yongnian is also an upright soldier, but the change in the appearance of the Fenwu Battalion only happened after Zhu Youzhen came to the Fenwu Battalion, and the real hero is Zhu Youzhen.

"Ahem......" Zhu Youzhen seemed to be choked on the tea and couldn't speak for a long time.

Li Chunye glanced at Zhu Youzhen and didn't ask any more, the people present were all civilian officials, top figures in the Ministry of War, of course, they also understood that #The reform of the army is not child's play, and the conditions that Zhu Youzhen said are insufficient, and they all know it.

Seeing that it was a little cold, Li Chunye changed the topic: "Your Highness, there are some things that the old minister is not clear, I hope His Highness can solve the doubts of the ministers." ”

"Lord Shangshu is serious. As long as this king knows, he should say everything. For this battle of the Fenwu Battalion, Zhu Youzhen felt that there was nothing to reserve, and his only hope was to plant the credit on Qin Yongnian's head, so that he could enter Shandong as soon as possible.

"How did Your Highness come up with the idea of using a bow and crossbow to encircle and annihilate the Japanese Kou? Is it just to reduce the losses of the Fenwu battalion? Your Highness knows that the Japanese don't risk death in close combat? Li Chunye raised his doubts.

"These pirates are just bandits who make a living by plundering, they are not a regular army. Although the individual soldiers fought bravely, there was no strict discipline. Moreover, the Fenwu battalion arranged two lines of cavalry to respond, and if the Japanese did not retreat, these cavalrymen also attacked from the flanks with bows and crossbows. The pirates lined up in columns were bound to be the targets of the cavalry's bows and crossbows. Zhu Youzhen talked eloquently, and seemed to be back in the plan of the day.

"The plain is in ambush, unheard of, how can His Highness be confident that he can surround and annihilate it?" Although Li Chunye was a civilian official, he served in the military department for many years and studied the tactics of the army. But he had never heard of the possibility of ambushing an army on a plain without any shelter.

"The Wa Kingdom does not produce war horses, so the Wa Kou do not practice equestrian skills, and they do not know enough about the advantages of cavalry. The Fenwu battalion, whether cavalry or infantry, had war horses, and the marching speed was at least five times that of the Japanese invaders, so the Fenwu battalion could rely on the advantage of speed to quickly set up an encirclement. Even if the Japanese can break out of the encirclement, it doesn't matter, the Fenwu battalion can quickly re-encircle them with the speed of cavalry. Zhu Youzhen did not say that this set of tactics is actually not new, Jiannu relied on the speed advantage of cavalry, and often used this method to defeat the Ming infantry in Liaodong.

"The old minister has another question, which is our common question, and this is also the reason why they asked to attend the meeting." Li Chunye pointed at Zhao Yan and Yan Mingtai, his gaze softened, "Is this tactic the handiwork of His Highness or Qin Yongnian's idea?" ”

Zhu Youzhen also glanced at Li Chunye and found that he just wanted the truth. As one of the scholars of the military department, the operation of the Fenwu Battalion this time was too peculiar, and of course he had to find the reason.

Zhu Youzhen avoided the important and gave a brief introduction to the pre-war deployment, of course, all the ideas were the collective wisdom of the high-level of the Fenwu Battalion, and Qin Yongnian was of course the first merit.

Zhu Youzhen said so, even if they have doubts, they can't be blamed anymore, there are some things, it is much better to know them than to say them.

Li Chunye narrowed his eyes, as if he was digesting Zhu Youzhen's "heartfelt" words. From his understanding of Qin Yongnian, the doubts in his heart gradually disappeared. "Right now, the Fenwu Battalion is still stationed in Shandong, what are the plans of His Highness and General Qin?"

Zhu Youzhen made a brief report of his thoughts to the three people present. Whether Qin Yongnian can stay in Shandong or not, everyone here has the right to decide, they are all high-level leaders in charge of the Jingshi Army, and at least they have the right to suggest, so Zhu Youzhen has no intention of hiding it from them, maybe they can help themselves. Of course, it can't be said that Qin Yongnian secretly formed the navy, everyone knows that the navy is a branch of the military that burns money, and now the military expenses of the Ming Dynasty are spent in Liaodong, and the local guard army has no military spending, how can there be money to form a navy?

Li Chunye glanced at Yan Mingtai and the others, "His Royal Highness King Xin is not only a good hand at commanding wars, but also has unique insights into the military layout of the Ming Dynasty, and he is a rare talent in the army of the Ming Dynasty. Like Yan Mingtai and others, he directly counted the credit of the Fenwu Battalion on Zhu Youzhen's head from his heart.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty has a question. I wonder what His Highness thinks of the war in Liaodong? Although his concept is different from Zhu Youzhen, he cannot deny that Zhu Youzhen's tactics are very realistic, maybe not gorgeous, but very practical.

Liaodong is his heart disease, the Ming Dynasty refuses to give up the remaining projectile land in Liaodong, and it is always unfavorable militarily, every time the responsibility for the failure is investigated, these high-ranking officials of the military department are afraid of being shot.

"With the current means of war, it is difficult for the Ming Dynasty to recover Liaodong." Zhu Youzhen is also most worried about Liaodong, in the history of later generations, the Ming Dynasty died in Jiannu, and the backbone of the Han nation was crushed for nearly three hundred years. "Although the Ming Dynasty formed the Guanning Iron Cavalry, Jiannu has lived on horseback since childhood, and the people and horses have long been integrated, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry that is not temporarily formed by riding and archery kung fu is comparable. Moreover, if the Ming army crossed the Great Wall, the grain route would be easily cut off by the Jiannu cavalry who came and went like the wind, and without supplies, the Ming army would be defeated without a fight; If you don't step out of the Great Wall, not only will the land outside the pass not be recovered, but the heavy troops at Shanhaiguan will consume a lot of money and food, and in the long run, the heavy military salary will not be able to bear it. ”

"Even Guan Ning Tieqi can't win, how can Da Ming defeat Jiannu?" Yan Mingtai sighed, he had no illusions about Liaodong for a long time, but the Ming court did not give up Guanwai.

"The northern nomads are good at horse archery, and the Han people, as an agrarian people, cannot fight against them alone, just as they cannot fight against the Japanese invaders on a single soldier. However, the Han people also have their own advantages, which are mainly reflected in two aspects: first, the Han people are technologically advanced and can ensure supply by building roads; The second is the possession of firearms. If the Ming Dynasty's firearms were improved, with a range that surpassed the bow and crossbow, and an increased rate of fire, these firearms would be a nightmare for the northern nomads. "Zhu Youzhen is by no means a right-leaning capitulationist, since the Han and Tang dynasties can defeat the northern nomads, there is no reason why the more technologically advanced Ming Dynasty can't do it.

In the history of later generations, Jiannu entered the customs and ruled the Han people for nearly three hundred years, but it was a problem within the Han people.

Before Jiannu entered the customs, the Ming Dynasty had died in the Dashun regime.

The Ming regime had collapsed, and the Dashun regime had not yet established effective rule in the country, and when the old and new regimes were replaced, they were seized by Jiannu. If there is no Dashun, it is really hard to say whether Jiannu can enter the customs.

Zhu Youzhen is a time-traveler who has insight into the development of human history, and he wants to use his knowledge and experience to prevent Jiannu from entering the customs. Since the annihilation of the Japanese Invaders, Zhu Youzhen's self-confidence has become stronger.

Li Chunye and the others carefully thought about Zhu Youzhen's words, and felt that after Zhu Youzhen annihilated the Japanese invaders, their confidence may have been overinflated.

Daming and Jiannu fought with Jiannu in Liaodong for more than ten years, not only consuming a lot of money and food, but also losing hundreds of thousands of troops, and countless casualties among the people.

The commanders of Liaodong changed one after another, but they were never able to open the situation, and they were either defeated and captured and killed, or they were investigated and dealt with by the imperial court.

Maybe Zhu Youzhen can really change the situation in Liaodong, although no one can see the future development clearly, but judging from Zhu Youzhen's complete annihilation of the Japanese Invaders, his unique concept in military affairs may really be effective for Jiannu.

Jiannu is now a national disaster of the Ming Dynasty, and even Zhu Youxiao, who has always ignored the government and politics, is also very concerned and puts a lot of pressure on the military department, but now they have no way, no matter whether Zhu Youzhen's method can succeed, but there is always a glimmer of hope.

"Your Royal Highness, the front line of Liaodong, Jiliao is slightly higher, advocating giving up Ningyuan and retreating to the front line of Qiantun and Shanhaiguan, while Yuan Chonghuan of Ningqiandao, Man Gui, the general of Ningyuan, and Zu Dashou and others are resolutely opposed to giving up Ningyuan. The lawsuits on both sides have reached the Ministry of War, what does Your Highness think? ”

Yuan Chonghuan? Zhu Youzhen was stunned, this is a famous figure in the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that he founded Ningyuan Dajie, and it is said that Nurhachi's death is related to him.

Zhu Youzhen thought for a moment: "Maybe Yuan Chonghuan can stop Jiannu for a while, but Ning Yuan is hanging outside the pass, and there will always be a time when he will be conquered by Jiannu." If you want to defend Ningyuan, in the final analysis, you have to attack, and only by completely defeating Jiannu can you recover and hold the land outside the pass. ”